Intravenous Regional Anesthesia
Intravenous Regional Anesthesia Joseph M. Neal Susan B. McDonald KEY POINTS 1. The use of IVRA has lessened as anesthesiologists have become more proficient with peripheral nerve blocks, which provide…
Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia
Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia De Q.H. Tran Julian Aliste KEY POINTS 1. In clinical practice, continuous thoracic and lumbar epidural blocks are routinely used to provide postoperative analgesia for major…
Spinal Anesthesia
Spinal Anesthesia Francis V. Salinas De Q.H. Tran KEY POINTS 1. Spinal blocks provide a reliable and rapid onset of dense surgical anesthesia. They should be performed below the L2-L3…
Local Anesthetic Pharmacology
Local Anesthetic Pharmacology Francis V. Salinas KEY POINTS 1. Local anesthetics must penetrate through several extraneural connective tissue layers to reach the axonal membrane. 2. Local anesthetics provide anesthesia and…
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesiology
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesiology Michael D. Herrick Brian D. Sites KEY POINTS 1. Ultrasound technology allows the intimate imaging of nerves, needle, and surrounding structures. 2. Ultrasound images are generated when…
Premedication, Monitoring, and Multimodal Analgesia
Premedication, Monitoring, and Multimodal Analgesia Rebecca L. Johnson Michael F. Mulroy KEY POINTS 1. Preoperative optimization of the patient’s perioperative pain management with the use of multimodal analgesia has emerged…
Regional Anesthesia Systems
Regional Anesthesia Systems Edward R. Mariano KEY POINTS 1. Health-care is about value, not volume. Every new program or service will be evaluated based on its value contribution. 2. The…
Nonpharmaceutical Toxidromes
Nonpharmaceutical Toxidromes This chapter describes toxic syndromes that are not the result of medications, and includes poisonings caused by carbon monoxide, cyanide, the toxic alcohols (methanol and ethylene glycol), and…
Pharmaceutical Drug Overdoses
Pharmaceutical Drug Overdoses This chapter describes the manifestations and management of overdoses with the following pharmaceutical agents: acetaminophen, benzodiazepines, β-receptor antagonists, opioids, and salicylates. Each is presented in alphabetical order….
